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Save the Date Monroe Primary School

225 Macready Ave.
October: Monroe OH. 45050
Office phone: 360-0700
2-6 Homecoming Spirit Fax 360-0720
Days http://
M Hat Day
T Crazy Socks Day . . . T H E F U T U R E B E G I N S H E R E ! www.monroelocalschools.com
W Wacky Wednesday
TH Favorite Team Day
F Hornet Spirit Day
(wear blue and gold)
Monroe Primary is Buzzing with excitement!
9-13 Fall Scholastic
Book Fair From our Superintendent:
12 Family night at the
Book Fair 5:00-7:00
13 end of first Quarter Monroe Board
20- K & 1 vision and Seeks Community Input on Facilities:
hearing screening
19- PTO meeting 7:00 Our growing school district is approaching full
MPS cafeteria capacity in our two school buildings. The Pri-
20- Report cards go mary building, constructed in 1954, was de-
home signed to house 339 students. We currently
23 Author visit Monroe Primary is proud to announce
teach 470 students there. Our 2-12 building
Madisons Message the Hornets of the Month for
Board of Ed Mtg.7:00 was opened in 2004 and was designed for
1,883 students. At this time we have 2,410 stu- September:
MES cafeteria
Family Night at Culvers dents attending the school.
Brown AM Piper Reeves
6-8
BOE mtg. 7:00 MES Our school board has been working with a facil- Brown PM Maria Dooley
Caf. ities advisory team comprised Klan AM Aubrey Elkins
24-31 Red Ribbon of community members, parents and educa- Landen Neidlinger
tors, to determine how we should work with Klan PM
Week
25 Title 1 Paret info our community to accommodate our growing
Night 6:00-7:00-MPS student population. Austin Avery Begley
cafeteria Juliana Owens
Beck
27-K & 1 vision and Our board was recently informed by a repre-
hearing screening Grady Langhorne
sentative of the Ohio Facilities Construction Wilson
Important Commission that our school district qualifies for Gaston Olivia Thompson
Notice.. 49% matching funds from the State of Ohio to McIver Tyler Neill
Nov. 1st Otis Spunk- construct a new school building. That money
meyer Cookie Dough would be made available to co-fund the con- Siewny Cameron Waits
Pick up 3:45-6:45 struction if a bond issue was successful in No- Stanley/ Emma Snelling
ELEMENTRY cafeter ia
220 Yankee Rd. (only day to vember of 2018. Young Elizabeth Pitsch
pick up)
Thurstone Ruth Tomas Bravo
We would like to invite parents
Flyers for non-school related Jordi Lopez-Sandoval
events will no longer be sent and community members to hear a panel dis- Dauphin
home with students. These flyers cussion from the Board and the facilities advi- Carter Henry Ryan
can now be found on the home sory team, and would like to hear how
page of our website Norquist Brenton Foster
www.monroelocalschools.com , the community feels about our future. The
Allie Weins
under the Community Flyers meeting will be held in the Monroe High School Graber
tab. Please check there often for
information from various com- Auditorium at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, October Gwinn Arianna Turco
munity organizations. Non- 16. Please consider attending this important Jenkins Amelia Buchanan
school related flyers are posted
for informational purposes on-
meeting about the future of Monroe Public
Eckley Allie Smith
ly. The Monroe Local School Schools. If you would like to submit your ques-
District does not tions ahead of time, please send them Mueller Jonah Miller
endorse or sponsor
these events. to pcagwin@monroelocalschools.com. Strickland Somtochi Anya
 From the Principal:
M 10 Ways to Help Your Child Succeed in School
P
S Support from parents is key to helping kids do well academically. Here are
10 ways parents can put their kids on track to be successful students
1.Attend Back-to-School Night and Parent-Teacher Conferences

2. Visit the School and Its Website

3. Support Homework Expectations

4. Send Your Child to School Ready to Learn

5. Teach Organizational Skills

6. Teach Study Skills

7. Know the Disciplinary Policies

8. Get Involved

9. Take Attendance Seriously

10. Make Time to Talk About School

PTO Newsletter October 2017

We would like to thank you for your participation in the Otis Spunkmeyer fundraiser! Cookie dough pick up is sched-
uled for November 1st, from 3:45 to 6:45, in the ELEMENTARY School cafeteria 220 Yankee Rd. on the Main Cam-
pus. All items must be picked up at this time, please make necessary arrangements, cookie dough will not be held.

We hope you enjoyed Family Night Out at Skyline! Culvers will be our next host coming up in October. Stay tuned on
facebook for details on date and time.

Please Send in your Box Tops! Our box top drive will be from Oct. 2nd - Oct. 20th

We want you! Join us for our next PTO meeting on October 19th at 7:00pm in the primary cafeteria.

Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities:

Book Fair 10/6 Setup & 10/9-10/13 Preview and Shop

Picture Day 10/12

Vision/Hearing Screening 10/20 & 10/27

Cookie Dough Pick-up 11/1

Fall Dessert Donations 11/2 & 11/9

School Fees for 2017-2018

Kindergarten $50.00
First Grade $ 51.00
To pay on-line, you need to set up an EZPay account. Follow the link to get directions.
http://www.monroelocalschools.com/uploads/2013158134285503.pdf You will need your childs
password which can be obtained by calling 360-0700.